Rethinking Tillage

Tilling [or plowing] the soil is the equivalent of an earthquake, hurricane, tornado, and forest fire occurring simultaneously to the world of soil organisms. United States Department of Agriculture, 2010

When we use tillage, the soil ecosystem is disturbed on a massive scale. Purdue's Dr. Eileen Kladivko contrasts natural ecosystems with tilled systems and describes what we stand to lose when soils are tilled.

Converting to No-till Using Cover Crops

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Conventional Tillage Harvests a Haboob, Unhealthy Soils

Posted by Jim Armstrong, Spokane County Conservation District, Washington, on October 14, 2014 at 10:30 AM